“Beyond Calls to Action: Social Impact Producing for Non-Advocacy Docs” at the Center for New American Media [September 2017]

September 29, 2017

What does “impact” look like when a documentary isn’t focused on a particular problem, or issue, or social movement? How do we make the case for these more nuanced and character-driven stories? Who will fund them? Sponsored by the Center for New American Media with support from the New York State Council on the Arts in Partnership with Wave Farm: Media Arts Assistance Fund, Ellen Schneider and Christie Marchese from Picture Motion led a one-day professional-development seminar aimed at filmmakers want to contribute to social awareness, but whose “outcomes” may be more emotional than measurable.